Slat-hanger for beds



(No Model.)

' O. S. FOSTER 8v F. E. WILGOX. SLAT HANGER PoR BEDS. No. 572,600. Patented Deo. 8, 1896.

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OSCAR S. FOSTER, OF UTICA, AND FRED E. VILCOX, OF SYRACUSE, NEV YORK, ASSIGNORS TO FOSTER BROS., OF UTIOA, AND FRED E. YVILOOX,

OF SYRAOUSE, NEV YORK.

SLAT-HANGER FOR BEDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,600, dated December 8, 1896. Application filed July 6.0, 1892. Serial No. 441,76 7. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that we, OSCAR S. FOSTER, of Utica, Oneida county, and FRED E. W'ILCOX, of Syracuse, county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slat Hangers for Beds; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others Io skilled in the art to which it appertains t0 make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in Slat-hangers for beds.

In the drawings, Figure l shows in perspective a bedstead to which our Slat-hanger is applicable and having hangers applied there- 2o to. Fig. 2 shows at a, b, c, and CZ an outside view, an edge view, an inside view, and top View of our hanger,respectively. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of the hanger in perspective from the inside in connection with-a portion z 5 of the side rail of the bedstead. Fig. 4 shows at a an outside view of a modied form of hanger in connection with a portion of the side rail of the bedstead, and at Y? shows an edge view of the same parts. Fig. 5 shows in perspective from the inner side a modified form of the hanger having shoulders adapted to support a slat at either one of two heights in the bedstead. Fig. 6 shows in detail a portion of a modified form of hanger. Fig. 7

shows in perspective fromthe inner side a hanger in connection with a slat and a bedspring on the slat, and which may be one of a series of slats in a spring-mattress.

The hanger described herein is more particularly adapted for use upon what are known as iron bedsteads, and which, as usually constructed, are provided with angle-iron sidel rails 1, which, as usually placed in, have an inwardly-projecting web or flange la and a 4 5 vertical flange l". The hanger 2 is provided with a hook-shaped head 2, adapted to engage the web or flange on the side rail l by means of shoulders on each side and closely embrace it, and is further provided with a malleable lip .'15, adapted to be clenched over the opposite edge of the side rail. The lower end of the hanger is provided with a slatsupporting shoulder 2b, on which the slat 3 is adapted to rest. The slat may be retained 0n the shoulder against sidewise displace- 55 ment by means of shoulders or lprojections 2C at either end of the shoulder. Provision is also made in the hanger for the insertion of a nail 4, which may be driven into the slat to secure the slat and hanger together. 6o

In the modied form of construction shown in Fig. 3 the side shoulders 2C are -dispensed with and a center rib 5 is provided adapted to be received in the notched end of a slat prepared to adapt it to be received on such a hanger.

In the modified form of construction shown in Fig. 5 the hanger is provided with a pair of supporting-shoulders, as shown at s and s', adapted to support the slat on either shoul- 7o der and in a position more or less below the level' of the side rails, as occasion might require.

Fig. 6 shows a modified form of construction in which the head h is made of an independent piece and the shank of the hanger proper is provided with a screw-threaded end e, adapted to pass through the hanger-head and engage and bind the hanger onto the flange of the side rail. This head is likewise 8o capable of being reversed to adapt itself to a side rail where the horizontal flanges extend outwardly instead of inwardly.

In Fig. a is shown a hanger having two supporting cross-bars m and n, on which the slat is adapted to be supported in a more or less elevated position, as described with reference to Fig. 5. The slat end is notched to adapt it to receive the shank of the hanger, and the hanger may also be provided with an opening 9o for the reception of a nail, as shown at o, which is driven into the slat and secures the saine.

In Fig. 7 is shown in perspective in connection with the hanger a portion of the side rail and a spring D, which may be one or more of a series of similar springs or one of an assemblage of springs forming a spring-wire mattress. The spring shown is a double conical spring, which adapts it'to overhang the Ioo side rail on the upper end, and the spring is preferably in height about equal to twice the distance from the top of the side rail to the top of the slat hanging in the hanger.

It Will be understood, of course, that a sufiicient number of slats supported by hangers on either side of the bed, as described, is provided for supporting a mattress or any other desired covering.

It is evident that many other inodoations and changes in and from the hanger herein described and than those illustrated may be made Without departing from the equivalents of our construction.

What We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent7 is-- The combination with an iron-angle bedstead-rail and a slat, of a Slat-hanger having a hook-shaped head 2 gripping the horizontal web of the rail from both upper and under sides, the body portion of the hanger depending from a point on the head inside of the inner edge of the rail and also having a Slat-supporting shoulder 2b, substantially as set forth.

In Witness Whereoi` We have affixed our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

OSCAR Sr. FOSTER. FRED E. VILGOX. Vitnesses:

RICH. A. GEORGE, M. A. KELLER. 

